Teresa had to take her test, so we had worktime, except it took until it was time for blog discussion for my computer to work. Then we got into the discussion about JFK.
In the 1960 election he ran against VP Richard Nixon. They were the First presidential televised debate. Many say the televised debate help JFK win because he looked younger. Some accomplishments were he had to deal with the Berlin Wall being built. He had Cold War issues. Bay of Pigs infasion i n1961. Cuban Missile Crisis. Alliance for Progress with Latin America. Kennedy increased the number of helicopters, ilitary advisors, and more in preparation for Vietnam. The CIA helped the new Ba'ath Party overthrow Communists in Iraq. This new party systematically murdered large numbers of Iraqs educated elite--killins in which Suddam Hussein is said to have participated. Nuclear test ban Treaty was signed in 1963.
The New Frontier was Kennedys New Deal. Promised federal Funding for : education, medical care for the elderly, economic aid to rual regions, goverment intervention to halt the recession, and end racial discrimination. The Peace Corps were established where American could volounteer to help 3rd world countries. Signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a federall law aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex. He said we would get to the moon by the end of the 1960's. Woah. we watched Kennedy get his head blown off. That was crazy.
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